Tuesday, 29 January 2013

have a read of this nice review of dear boris from the states by penny klostermann on her book blog here
This book was my 2nd published picture book published by orchard....by the way boris is colin in the uk just to confuse everyone!

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

nothing to do with anything really, except that i bought this wonderful cat lamp in brighton at the weekend and every time we put it on we all feel very happy.... is that silly?
(please don't answer that question)

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

what treasure i recieved in the post just before christmas..... a well loved, thumb eared, deliciously doodled in Magical Mix up book, brimming with fantastic ideas, colour and drawing.

The book is now in glorious technicolour which would make any beautiful rainbow feel jealous!

What a lovely thing indeed- thank you 7 year old Leni for letting your mum send it to share with me. I love it and think you have done a truely wonderful job... a bit too good in fact- as i think i should retire and you should take over! you have made the book into a real work of art. A big fat well done to you!

Here are a few of the pages scanned in for you all to see....

i particularly like the filled in bakery menu items- everything in it looks yummy...

...and the princess sneezebelles family portraits are brilliant

Wowzers.... keep up the good work Leni!

ps, i will be returning the book back to Leni tomorrow as it needs to be back with its' creator and her very proud mum. So much time and effort has gone into adding loads of funny details and added extra bits to make the book and story even better... i couldn;t possible keep it (even though i secretly want to!)

just a little heartfelt thank you for all the people who like and review my stuff- it really does mean a lot to me just to know that i am not loopy (or maybe that i am loopy, but that is actually ok and appreciated!)